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Big Data, Plainly Spoken (aka Numbers Rule Your World)

Comments on how data science, algorithms, software shape current events.

  • By Kaiser Fung
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly three posts per month
  • First post on

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Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Feb 2023 2
Mar 2023 4
Apr 2023 3
May 2023 5
Jun 2023 4
Jul 2023 4
Aug 2023 7
Sep 2023 0
Oct 2023 0
Nov 2023 0
Dec 2023 0
Jan 2024 1
Feb 2024 3
Mar 2024 1
Apr 2024 3
May 2024 2
Jun 2024 1
Jul 2024 5
Aug 2024 3
Sep 2024 2
Oct 2024 2

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Know your data 42: an indicator of attitude towards password security
News came out that Ireland fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $100 million for storing user passwords in plain text (link). The mystery is why they did it. Why even a big tech firm is putting its …
On , by junkcharts, 560 words
Know your data 41: the lesser evil
Long-time reader Antonio R. pointed me to an article about Firefox, which is my preferred browser (link). Apparently, in a recent update, users were quietly opted in to a new tracking feature known as "privacy …
On , by junkcharts, 1,801 words
Know your data 40: when they know where you are
It's finally happened. A big company said the quiet part out loud. PwC, the behemoth U.S. consulting company, is using surveillance data to monitor and flag employees for violating its "back to office" policy, according …
On , by junkcharts, 190 words